Oh dear friends, family and loved ones of Elunud,

This is so shocking and sad, akin to losing our beloved Maria Agnese last year at this time. I know we all join in expressing our deepest sorrow and condolences to the family, and to mourning the loss of a great peace leader for our struggling planet.

Thanks so much for your stirring words, Andrius...if you ever doubt the impact of Minciu Sodas and of yourself personally, hopefully this tribute from her daughter, Sarah, will put those feelings to rest.

With great sadness and lovingkindness, but also great joy at having such a marvelous spirit among us for a time, whose legacy will live forever!  Janet

-----Original Message-----
From: John Rogers
Sent: Mar 9, 2012 1:28 PM
To: "fightingpeacefully@yahoogroups.com"
Subject: [fightingpeacefully] Eluned Hurn passed away

It is with great sadness I announce to you that the founder of this group, Eluned Hurn, passed away on a visit to Sri Lanka in January. She was cremated in Sri Lanka and a memorial service held at her home village in Wales.

The following words appear at the end of the eulogy by her daughter Sarah, a fitting tribute:

I will end with a quote from Andrius Kulikauskas of a peace group she supported called ‘fighting peacefully’. These words from a stranger to me which appropriately enough I found on the internet sum up what she meant to people and the impact that she had.

Eluned, Thank you for your leadership and your deepest value of
"fighting peacefully" which you have pursued all of your life. I was
so delighted to learn your deepest value, I thought, Now we will have an
army! and a Warrior Queen! And your heart has given us a chamber to
nurture our love for our enemy. As I understand you, we have many
reasons to fight, but we must do it peacefully.

Pamela, Ken, Dan, I appreciate and share your concern about preparing for
the upcoming elections in Kenya.  Andrius Kulikauskas, ms@...

> Ken and Dan (I have copied your emails below - and my original one)
>
> Your responses go to my heart.
>
> When is the election? How much time do we have?
>
> We know the enemy - it is political division on tribal lines. (plus the
> continual underlying enemies - poverty, unemployment and ignorance).
>
> We know our weapons from last time - they are trust and communication
> across tribal divisions, plus many extra ingredients of personal courage,
> resourcefulness, and other attributes.
>
> We know from last time that we need allies and resources.
>
> Forewarned is forearmed. We should not waste whatever time is left to us.
>
> How can we best prepare our weapons? Where do we find our allies and
> resources?
>
> Pam
>
>
>
> On 23 June 2012 15:57, <nafsiafricaacro@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Dear Pam,
>>
>> I read your posting and gets a deep gut feeling and fear of the nearing
>> General election in Kenya.
>> As the late Honourable Saitoti said " if we let Kenya succumb into the
>> blood shed like it happened in the 2007 post election violence, we will
>> be
>> a shame to the whole world and will be a constant blame by the future
>> generations".
>> His words and such articles shared by you, should echo a reminder to us
>> that we lost most of our fellow brothers and sisters (killed by their
>> own)
>> and we survived the skirmishes.
>> Giving a chance to another one would be opening a death hole to our own
>> selves.
>> I may be a victim of the next one, my life would be claimed in the next
>> one!
>>
>> It is our deep prayer that peace prevail in Kenya.
>>
>> Peace,
>>
>> Ken Owino
>> Nafsi Africa Acrobats
>> www.nafsiafrica.webs.com
>>
>> Sent from IPhone
>>
>>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dan Otedo <dotedo@...>
> Date: 18 June 2012 09:32
> Subject: Re: [learningfromeachother] Kenya: Saitoti's death and the coming
> battle - Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director, RAS
> To: "learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com" <
> learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com>
>
> Very very true.
> Its always nice to have someone from outside Kenya helping us to reflect
> what could very possibly happen.
> I DREAD  the election year.
>
> Dan OTEDO
> *Kenya ICT Trust Fund**.* P.O box 8475-00100 Nairobi.
> Tel: +254203745911 .Mobile:+254720366094
> Email: dotedo@...
> http:/com/profile/DanAndrewOtedo
> /twbcanada.ning.<http://twbcanada.ning.com/profile/DanAndrewOtedo>
>
>
>>
>> Den 17/06/2012 kl. 16.49 skrev Pamela McLean <pam54321@...>
>>
>>
>> I'm sharing this article on Kenya: Saitoti's death and the coming
>>
battle<http://www.royalafricansociety.org/component/content/article/1015.html>wi\
th
>> a heavy heart
>>
>> I have copied parts of the article below which struck a particular
>> chord,
>> reminding me of all that happened in 2007/2008:
>>
>>    - the straight-from-the-heart response of the Minciu Sodas community
>>    when we discovered that our friends in Kenya were in trouble
>>    - the amazing courage, fortitude, creativity and determination of the
>>    Kenyans, in Minciu Sodas and the wider Pyramid of Peace network,
>> during the
>>    post election violence.
>>
>> Pyramid of Peace activists played an unacknowledged role in reducing the
>> impact of the violence, and in peace building and conflict resolution.
>>
>> The article states  "In 2008 the main wars were in Western Province
>> (Luoland) where (Kikuyu) police shot down Luo protesters, around Eldoret
>> where Kikuyu immigrants were burned out of their homes and murdered by
>> Kalenjin, and in Nairobi where battles took place in the poor slum areas
>> between different ethnic groups."
>>
>> Dear Pyramid of Peace Friends in Kenya - I remember how you were so
>> active
>> in those locations. I remember the heart-rending details that you were
>> sending the rest of us in Minciu Sodas about what was happening - and
>> how
>> you refused to be divided by tribal loyalties. I remember too how the
>> relationships that you had between each other reached across tribal
>> boundaries. When there were attempts to push you into tribal divisions
>> you
>> stood firm. Your deep trust relationships enabled you to plan together
>> and
>> then go to your own tribal elders and persuade them to influence the
>> warring youths. On top of that you were working with displaced people,
>> you
>> were helping individuals, you were responding to whatever needed a
>> response
>> given the limitation of financial support that those of us outside Kenya
>> could send you.
>>
>> Together we were making use of mobile phones, phone credits, the
>> Internet,
>> and established relationships of trust in wonderful, innovative and
>> effective ways that maximiesd the potential of ICT (Information and
>> Communication Technologies). We were a community collaborating acting
>> with
>> one heart and mind and doing what we could in our own locations in so
>> many
>> different countries across Africa, Europe, and America (if I have
>> forgotten
>> other locations, please forgive me - and remind me)
>>
>> What lessons did we learn my Minciu Sodas friends, and how can we draw
>> on
>> them  - to help prevent the horrors that his article suggests could lie
>> ahead?
>>
>> Even more importantly, how can we share those lessons? How can we use
>> the
>> practical experiences that we had of information sharing, practical on
>> the
>> ground responses, and  true collaboration achieving results in
>> conditions
>> of terrible violence, horror and need? Who are the  people who need to
>> learn the lessons that we learned - and how do we tell them?
>>
>> I feel we can't just wait and let it happen again - but we are not in
>> positions of power or influence - "we are no-one" -  what do we do?
>>
>> *Richard Dowden - Director, RAS (Royal African Society) wrote:*
>>
>> "Appealing to and buying tribal loyalty became the name of the game.
>> Kenya is probably now the most tribally divided nation in Africa. No
>> wonder
>> the 2007 election exploded into such  violence....
>>
>> ... the Kenyan election is wide open. Victory will go to the person who
>> builds an alliance of tribal leaders. One thing is certain: Luo and
>> Kikuyu
>> will be on opposite sides. Raila Odinga, the Luo leader, will run and
>> elements among the Kikuyu will do anything to stop him becoming
>> president.
>> For a while I thought that in 2008 Kenyans had reached the edge of the
>> cliff and looked down. They wavered and pulled back. The militants were
>> called off by their paymasters. Kofi Annan was on hand to help. Kenyans
>> had
>> seen a future that looked like hell and chose a fudged alliance of
>> enemies
>> instead.
>>
>> That alliance is now falling apart. The new constitution has recreated a
>> Kenya of 47 counties, whose elected governments will be funded by the
>> state
>> to spend as they wish.  It is, however, likely that a local politician
>> from
>> the dominant ethnic group in each county will be playing the ethnic card
>> to
>> garner support.
>>
>> .... If politicians play the ethnic card in the next election, this
>> winner-takes-all war could be fought in most of the new counties between
>> any or all of Kenya’s 40-odd ethnic groups."  Link to full article on
>> Kenya:
>> Saitoti's death and the coming battle
>>  <http://www.royalafricansociety.org/component/content/article/1015.html>
>>
>> *More about Pyramid of Peace: *
>>
>> An introduction via Phone for Peace
>> <http://phone4peace.blogspot.co.uk/>
>>
>> A video of Pyramid of Peace
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vGTiRlR5Ak>Acrobats involved in Nairobi
>> - with pleas for peace by two of the acrobats'
>> leaders at the end , Kennedy Owino (a Luo) and James (a Kikuyu)
>>
>> The Pyramid of Peace Archive <http://www.pyramidofpeace.net/> -  full
>> archive of emails, chatroom meetings, forwarded text messages, reports
>> of
>> phone conversations and so on as the post election turmoil erupted and
>> friends were caught up in it and struggled to help resolve the situation
>>
>> More about Minciu Sodas <http://www.dadamac.net/network/minciu-sodas>
>>
>>
>>
>

 

> Dear Andrius,
>
> I hope this e-mail finds you well.  Are you still connected to Ken Owino
> or Richard Freeman?  I came across their plan for a sneakernet in Kenya
> and I was looking to pick their brains about their successes and
> challenges.  I'm working on a similar communications method for folk
> musicians to transfer large volumes of data between each other with higher
> bandwidth than their incomes generally allow.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Miller

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your interest in Ken and Ricardo's sneakernet work which my
online laboratory, Minciu Sodas, facilitated. In 2010, I ended my lab and
my own efforts. I will share your letter with the Mendenyo, Holistic
Helping and Nafri yahoo groups where they were active:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nafsiafrikasaana/

Kennedy Nielsen Owino now lives in Denmark with his wife Angelina. His
Facebook page is:
http://www.facebook.com/kennedy.n.owino?ref=ts

Best wishes in your project!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
ms@...
(773) 306-3807
http://www.selflearners.net

WE welcome you and your organisation to help finanace or advice us .We have
prime land to develop donated to the Project.We welcome your ideas
or call Founder and Executive Director Mr Charles O.Aboge on +254-0735-195-156
or kisumuchild@...

Dear all,

 

We are writing the present mail to friends of Agnese (Maria) from outside Italy. On the 25^th of April many friends living in Italy met in Santa Marinella for a commemoration day during which her ashes were spread in the sea.

 

First we met in the church together with Don Matteo and could express thoughts and prayers. Then Kenneth and Giuseppe (Agnese’s brother) went on a fisherman boat in the sea to spread her ashes while the other friends were on the seaside singing a song written by her colleagues from INRAN. We then had a farewell to Agnese through shouting. The four NAFSI acrobats who were with us (Samuel, Patrick, Kenneth and Steve) could then illustrate to us their project with children in Nairobi and then perform on a little square of Santa Marinella.

It took quite some time to put together the video and photos taken by different people and we had technical problems. That's why more than a month has already passed. However we hope that by watching this video you will at least in part manage to feel what we could feel during this great day in which we could give her last respect and especially express our love and our gratitude for all the gifts we received from her.

To watch the video: 

http://youtu.be/Kl_Vd1xvNbE

 

Please send this mail to anyone who is not in the mailing list but would like to receive it.

Peace

Catherine, Giovina and Roberto

 

> Dear Andrius,
>
> I hope this e-mail finds you well.  Are you still connected to Ken Owino
> or Richard Freeman?  I came across their plan for a sneakernet in Kenya
> and I was looking to pick their brains about their successes and
> challenges.  I'm working on a similar communications method for folk
> musicians to transfer large volumes of data between each other with higher
> bandwidth than their incomes generally allow.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Miller

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your interest in Ken and Ricardo's sneakernet work which my
online laboratory, Minciu Sodas, facilitated.  In 2010, I ended my lab and
my own efforts.  I will share your letter with the Mendenyo, Holistic
Helping and Nafri yahoo groups where they were active:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nafsiafrikasaana/

Kennedy Nielsen Owino now lives in Denmark with his wife Angelina.  His
Facebook page is:
http://www.facebook.com/kennedy.n.owino?ref=ts

Best wishes in your project!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
ms@...
(773) 306-3807
http://www.selflearners.net

Pamela McLean,

Thank you for your intiative
http://www.dadamac.net/initiative/another-pyramid-peace
that we prepare and make sure that the March 2013 presidential elections
in Kenya are peaceful, without the violence that shocked us in 2008.

I expect that 2013 will be peaceful.  Many Kenyans care about peace and
many have experience in peaceful intervention from 2008.

Pamela, I appreciate all the more your concern that we prepare now for
peace.  We should not be complacent.  I imagine others are preparing for
violence.

Pamela, I appreciate your leadership and I wish to encourage you.  In
2008, I showed all the leadership I was able.  I took and gave all the
authority I could.

Pamela, you value what we achieved together with the Pyramid of Peace.
I'm glad that you're considering what we might take from that.

In response to your initiative, I apply my authority as Commander-in-Chief
of the Pyramid of Peace, as follows:
* Upon your consideration and acceptance, I appoint you
Commander-of-Operations through July, August, September 2012, or as I
decree otherwise, that you might boldly lead all who wish for a Pyramid of
Peace, as we had in 2008.
* Please choose a title (such as Convener, etc.) as you like best.
* I look to you to engage Kenyans and all who care, what may we do for
peace in Kenya in 2013? to reach out and include peacemakers of all
tribes, to analyze the potential for violence, to consider promising
solutions, to discuss what structures for coordination are most relevant
for 2013, to appreciate which individuals and what organizations we can
turn to for leadership.
* Please keep us informed if you see any need, any role in 2013 for a
command structure to support independent peacemakers, as I led in 2008.
* In general, do we need new groups, organizations or institutions? and
should they be related in any way to the Pyramid of Peace of 2008?
* Please consult especially with Janet Feldman as to how we can help
Kenyans, especially in reaching out across divisions.
* Please consult with Denis Kimambo, Kennedy Owino, Rachel Wambui Kungu
and Lawrence Achami, our Commanders, as to what Pyramid of Peace and other
groups might achieve for peace in Kenya in 2013.  I will consult with them
likewise.
* Please work publicly, as you do.
* I have redone our website http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to point to a
wiki http://www.pyramidofpeace.net/wiki/ for linking to relevant pages,
which may be at your website http://www.dadamac.net or as you think best.
Please know we can develop the website http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to
include a chat room and other functionality you think we'll need.

In this way, I offer you my authority that you might draw on it as much as
you like, if at all.  In that you do, please know that I judge you
competent, and I expect that you absorb and project that, as you serve, so
that others might likewise.  Embolden us!

I am very busy this July, August and September, and so I personally
appreciate your initiative.  I will have some free time in October,
November and December. I may be completely free in the first half of 2013.
  Thank you for valuing my participation!

Pamela, I think it's especially valuable at this time that you are based
in the UK, outside of Kenya.  We're showing that ethnic violence is not a
local concern, but a global concern.  You know and love people of many
tribes throughout Africa, and are not partial.  That's a great help!

Pamela, thank you!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Commander-in-Chief
Pyramid of Peace
http://www.pyramidofpeace.net


----------------------------------------

> Regarding Responses to Kenya: Saitoti's death and the coming battle -
> Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director,
>
RAS<http://dadamac.posterous.com/responses-to-kenya-saitotis-death-and-the-com>a\
nd
> the email below I have set up an initiative on
> dadamac.net called Another Pyramid of Peace
> <http://www.dadamac.net/initiative/another-pyramid-peace>
>
> This is not something that I have the competence to lead in any way. I am
> just providing a focal point where people might come together, in
> preparation.
>
> @Andrius - I'm aware I have not included a reference to the Pyramid of
> Peace Archive. Please would you send me the link.
>
> Pameal
>
>
> On 26 June 2012 08:01, Kenneth Chelimo <kennethchelimo@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Ken Owino,
>>
>> I appreciate your  efforts in peace building among the youth in slum
>> areas. The documentary you have attached is  indeed a good example of
>> how
>> Kenyans from different communities should co-exist and live together in
>> harmony. More of these activities by the acrobats should go to rural
>> areas
>> where we witnessed tribal tension during the 2007/2008 post-election
>> violence. Cheers Ken for your great work.
>>
>> Ken Chelimo
>>
>>    *From:* "ms@..." <ms@...>
>> *To:* learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com;
>> minciu_sodas_EN@yahoogroups.com; fightingpeacefully@yahoogroups.com
>> *Cc:* nafsiafrikasaana@yahoogroups.com; holistichelping@yahoogroups.com;
>> livingbytruth@yahoogroups.com
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:59 AM
>> *Subject:* [holistichelping] Re: Responses to Kenya: Saitoti's death and
>> the coming battle - Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director, RAS
>>
>> Pamela, Ken, Dan, I appreciate and share your concern about preparing
>> for
>> the upcoming elections in Kenya. Andrius Kulikauskas,
>> mailto:ms%40ms.lt<ms%40ms.lt>
>>
>>
>>
>

Pamela McLean,

Thank you for your reply.  You don't see yourself in a leadership role.
Nevertheless, I do value your concern and strategic thinking.

Yes, at http://www.pyramidofpeace.net we do have an archive of our amazing
work together for peace in Kenya, which was public.  Some of the links
aren't working, though.  In December I expect to return to Lithuania and I
could fix things up and also collect my own reflections from then and
afterwards.  Perhaps we could publish an e-book to tell our stories and
share our lessons.

Pamela, I could set up a chat room at some point.  Best for me would be to
wait until December when I am back in Lithuania. I'm currently working
intensely on my art work "God's Face and God's Mind" which will hang in
the historic Pullman factory.  I've also been hired as a consultant to
help write research papers in tobacco control.  I have to finish the
latter work before I return to Lithuania.  Pamela, for Dadamac I could
work for $10 per hour and set up a chat room for you.  It may take up to
10 hours to set up and customize, but possibly 5 or so.  Alternatively, at
some point I might do it for free at pyramidofpeace.net if there is a
clear need.

I share my correspondence (through Facebook) with Kennedy Owino.  He's a
member of Nafsi Africa Acrobats and currently lives in Denmark.

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas, ms@..., (773) 306-3807, http://www.selflearners.net

----------------------

Andrius Kulikauskas:

Hi Kennedy, how can I call you by phone or Skype? what is your number?
Pamela McLean wants to start "Another Pyramid of Peace" and I'd like to
encourage her leadership so I wanted to check with you and Dennis Kimambo
and Lawrence Achami regarding that. My thought is to keep Pyramid of Peace
as a command structure, continue as Commander-in-Chief and appoint her as
Commander-of-Operations for the next few months. She would start
preparations and explore what's most relevant for 2013, which might be
developing entirely new groups, structures, as she and others prefer, but
I would keep Pyramid of Peace ready to act as in 2008. What do you think?

-----------------------
Kennedy Nielsen Owino:

Dear Andrius,

  I hope you are doing good
  It would be great if we can catch up and talk over the phone, but Skype
would be o.k and cheaper.
  Anyway, my phone number is +4553140074 and skype address is
nafsiafrikaacrobats.
  I am busy these days with work but you can catch me any time after 5 pm
Danish time.
  When and what time do you prefer?

  It is an impressive idea to organise ourselves in preparation of
combating any violent eventuality that could follow the upcoming Kenya
General elections.
  I support your idea of approaching this through the Pyramid of Peace
initiative.
  However, i am not aware if the structure we used in 2008 would be
reliable or appropriate this time.
  I am saying this because it is long since i was back in Kenya.
  I do not have first hand comprehension of the realities at the grassroots.
  Have there been a shift in cultures and ways of thinking? Is there
hostility breeding underneath waiting to explode? Are certain tribes/
ethnic groups, proscribed and militia groups regrouping and preparing for
revenge and/ or another wave of attacks?
  Is there harmony amongst neighbouring tribes which would be seen even
after the elections? What are the contesting politicians messages to
their tribes?
  These are questions i may need to ask myself, or explore the answers
before giving you my views.
  It would be great to contact the likes of Denis Kimambo, Rachel Wangui,
Achami etc to get their opinions.
  I believe they have an upper hand in knowing exactly how the situation
stands at the ground.

  There are many initiatives already in force crusading and advocating for
Peace and sensitizing Kenyans on Peaceful attitudes during the elections
period.
  We just have to be sensitive on our approaches through the Pyramid of Peace.
  Since people are still in the healing process, some are still hurting, we
still have the internally displaced people in the camps and this period
reminds many of the bloodshed, toture, pain and humiliation they
underwent.
  One wrong wording or action that is not sensitive to the needs and
emotions of the people may diffuse or be mis- interpreted as hate speech,
insightment or a provocation to Violence.

  Peace,

  Ken Owino
  Nafsi Africa Acrobats
www.nafsiafrica.webs.com

  P.S: You are welcome to share my ideas on MSLab.

----------------------------

> Andrius, Filip and everyone.
>
> @ Andrius - I appreciate your email, but I do not see myself in a
> leadership role. I have simply raised the question of if we should be
> looking ahead - and it seems that it would be a good idea.
>
> @ Filip - thank you for you facebook idea
>
> @ everyone - I am a learner and also a teacher - and one of the things I
> am
> learning about how is the Internet can help us to learn, and how it
> affects
> the roles of teachers and learners. (In my own DIY e-learning I find that
> I
> learn best in collaboration with others - and that we often learn from
> each
> other - all of us acting partly as teachers and partly as learners as we
> share our different perspectives).
>
> *Learning from last time*
>
> In the case of the upcoming elections I am wondering what we can learn
> from
> last time. We have enormous shared experience of the post election turmoil
> - from many different perspectives. We have an amazing rich archive of
> what
> happened. We can use that archive to remind ourselves. Newcomers can also
> dip into it in as much or as little depth as they choose to find out what
> happened.
>
> We need to build our community, and we need to find the best ways to share
> information.
>
> The chat room was enormously useful last time, and the various relevant
> yahoo groups of Minciu Sodas. People were using computers from home and
> also at cyber cafes. Phones of course were key to the success of Pyramid
> of
> Peace. MamaMikes and paypal were important for sending money.  Some things
> have changed since 2007/8. We need to find out what is most effective for
> people and where we will want to be "meeting"
>
> It will also be helpful if we can develop ways of working together that
> are
> based on shared expectations and understanding. However we are working at
> a
> distance and people come with differing expectations and from different
> cultural backgrounds. We should not be surprised if different people see
> things in different ways. We have to build trust and be ready to accept
> that at times there will be mismatched assumptions and there will be some
> confusion because of different assumptions. The important thing is to take
> such happenings as learning experiences, and to build on our alignment and
> shared aims rather than dwell on our differences.
>
> *"Initiatives" space at Dadamac.net*
>
> I have made the space at dadamac for Another Pyramid of
> Peace<http://www.dadamac.net/initiative/another-pyramid-peace>
> so that we have a starting place for what we are doing and learning from
> last time.  Let us all rub minds and see what lessons we can learn and
> what
> those lessons will enable us to do in terms of preparations for
> peacekeeping and  conflict  resolution should it become necessary.
> *
> Chatroom*
>
> @Andrius, you have said the chatroom could be set up again. I understood
> that it was closed because it was too costly. Please clarify what
> resources
> will be needed to open it again.
>
> *Wiki*
>
> Thank you also Andrius for setting up a wiki. Perhaps we should find out
> who is happy to use a wiki, and who would like to learn, and who is happy
> to teach others. I think wikis can be a great place to park information,
> and certainly the previous one proved very useful - but I confess there
> are
> also some aspects of of wikis that I don't like (including the amount of
> work they take).  However that is a discussion for another time.
>
> *Facebook*
>
> @Filip are you active on Facebook? I think it is a good idea, but,
> personally I do not want to be responsible for setting it up and feeding
> it
> with information. Who is active on FaceBook? How shall we go forward with
> this?
>
> *Yahoo groups
>
> *At present we are doing a lot of cross posting. I wonder if it might be a
> good idea to set up a yahoo group which is dedicated to PyramidOfPeace -
> and gradually we could move all of the discussion over there. What do
> people think of that idea?
>
> Pamela
>
>
>
> On 22 July 2012 12:21, Ph Ph <phenx-@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>>  Perharps it's not very interesting but why not to get a facebook
>> page/profil for this pyramid http://www.pyramidofpeace.net  ?
>> We could tell "I like" and ask a friend/link to get more contacts... ;-)
>> Filip.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> To: holistichelping@yahoogroups.com;
>> learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com;
>> minciu_sodas_en@yahoogroups.com; fightingpeacefully@yahoogroups.com;
>> nafsiafrikasaana@yahoogroups.com; livingbytruth@yahoogroups.com;
>> post@...
>> From: ms@...
>> Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:36:52 -0400
>> Subject: [nafsiafrikasaana] Re: Another Pyramid of Peace
>>
>>
>>
>>  Pamela McLean,
>>
>> Thank you for your intiative
>> http://www.dadamac.net/initiative/another-pyramid-peace
>> that we prepare and make sure that the March 2013 presidential elections
>> in Kenya are peaceful, without the violence that shocked us in 2008.
>>
>> I expect that 2013 will be peaceful. Many Kenyans care about peace and
>> many have experience in peaceful intervention from 2008.
>>
>> Pamela, I appreciate all the more your concern that we prepare now for
>> peace. We should not be complacent. I imagine others are preparing for
>> violence.
>>
>> Pamela, I appreciate your leadership and I wish to encourage you. In
>> 2008, I showed all the leadership I was able. I took and gave all the
>> authority I could.
>>
>> Pamela, you value what we achieved together with the Pyramid of Peace.
>> I'm glad that you're considering what we might take from that.
>>
>> In response to your initiative, I apply my authority as
>> Commander-in-Chief
>> of the Pyramid of Peace, as follows:
>> * Upon your consideration and acceptance, I appoint you
>> Commander-of-Operations through July, August, September 2012, or as I
>> decree otherwise, that you might boldly lead all who wish for a Pyramid
>> of
>> Peace, as we had in 2008.
>> * Please choose a title (such as Convener, etc.) as you like best.
>> * I look to you to engage Kenyans and all who care, what may we do for
>> peace in Kenya in 2013? to reach out and include peacemakers of all
>> tribes, to analyze the potential for violence, to consider promising
>> solutions, to discuss what structures for coordination are most relevant
>> for 2013, to appreciate which individuals and what organizations we can
>> turn to for leadership.
>> * Please keep us informed if you see any need, any role in 2013 for a
>> command structure to support independent peacemakers, as I led in 2008.
>> * In general, do we need new groups, organizations or institutions? and
>> should they be related in any way to the Pyramid of Peace of 2008?
>> * Please consult especially with Janet Feldman as to how we can help
>> Kenyans, especially in reaching out across divisions.
>> * Please consult with Denis Kimambo, Kennedy Owino, Rachel Wambui Kungu
>> and Lawrence Achami, our Commanders, as to what Pyramid of Peace and
>> other
>> groups might achieve for peace in Kenya in 2013. I will consult with
>> them
>> likewise.
>> * Please work publicly, as you do.
>> * I have redone our website http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to point to a
>> wiki http://www.pyramidofpeace.net/wiki/ for linking to relevant pages,
>> which may be at your website http://www.dadamac.net or as you think
>> best.
>> Please know we can develop the website http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to
>> include a chat room and other functionality you think we'll need.
>>
>> In this way, I offer you my authority that you might draw on it as much
>> as
>> you like, if at all. In that you do, please know that I judge you
>> competent, and I expect that you absorb and project that, as you serve,
>> so
>> that others might likewise. Embolden us!
>>
>> I am very busy this July, August and September, and so I personally
>> appreciate your initiative. I will have some free time in October,
>> November and December. I may be completely free in the first half of
>> 2013.
>> Thank you for valuing my participation!
>>
>> Pamela, I think it's especially valuable at this time that you are based
>> in the UK, outside of Kenya. We're showing that ethnic violence is not a
>> local concern, but a global concern. You know and love people of many
>> tribes throughout Africa, and are not partial. That's a great help!
>>
>> Pamela, thank you!
>>
>> Andrius
>>
>> Andrius Kulikauskas
>> Commander-in-Chief
>> Pyramid of Peace
>> http://www.pyramidofpeace.net
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>
>> > Regarding Responses to Kenya: Saitoti's death and the coming battle -
>> > Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director,
>> > RAS<
>> http://dadamac.posterous.com/responses-to-kenya-saitotis-death-and-the-com
>> >and
>> > the email below I have set up an initiative on
>> > dadamac.net called Another Pyramid of Peace
>> > <http://www.dadamac.net/initiative/another-pyramid-peace>
>> >
>> > This is not something that I have the competence to lead in any way. I
>> am
>> > just providing a focal point where people might come together, in
>> > preparation.
>> >
>> > @Andrius - I'm aware I have not included a reference to the Pyramid of
>> > Peace Archive. Please would you send me the link.
>> >
>> > Pameal
>> >
>> >
>> > On 26 June 2012 08:01, Kenneth Chelimo <kennethchelimo@...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> **
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ken Owino,
>> >>
>> >> I appreciate your efforts in peace building among the youth in slum
>> >> areas. The documentary you have attached is indeed a good example of
>> >> how
>> >> Kenyans from different communities should co-exist and live together
>> in
>> >> harmony. More of these activities by the acrobats should go to rural
>> >> areas
>> >> where we witnessed tribal tension during the 2007/2008 post-election
>> >> violence. Cheers Ken for your great work.
>> >>
>> >> Ken Chelimo
>> >>
>> >> *From:* "ms@..." <ms@...>
>> >> *To:* learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com;
>> >> minciu_sodas_EN@yahoogroups.com; fightingpeacefully@yahoogroups.com
>> >> *Cc:* nafsiafrikasaana@yahoogroups.com;
>> holistichelping@yahoogroups.com
>> ;
>> >> livingbytruth@yahoogroups.com
>> >> *Sent:* Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:59 AM
>> >> *Subject:* [holistichelping] Re: Responses to Kenya: Saitoti's death
>> and
>> >> the coming battle - Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director,
>> RAS
>> >>
>> >> Pamela, Ken, Dan, I appreciate and share your concern about preparing
>> >> for
>> >> the upcoming elections in Kenya. Andrius Kulikauskas,
>> >> mailto:ms%40ms.lt<ms%40ms.lt>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Dearest Friends,

It has been some time since I have truly been "acting alive" here, and I have
been meaning to post an explanation. I have been thinking about the way forward,
at a time for me when my own life has fallen apart and I have been trying to
rebuild it. I will follow up on that at another time, but for now wanted to
share some terribly devastating news I have just received today.

Our cherished friend of the arts and of peace in Kenya, Dennis Kimambo, has
passed away. He has been missing for some days, and it has just been confirmed
that he is dead. In fact, there was a crime scene, so there has been some
heinous act committed by someone else, though the motive remains unclear at this
point, at least to me. Dennis survived the upheavals and almost civil-warlike
conditions of the Kenyan elections of 2007-2008....it would be such an
unthinkable blow to know he did not survive the generally peaceful elections of
2013, due to his work for peace.

I meant Dennis only once, when he came to visit the USA, but we kept in regular
touch via email and phone, and I consider him one of my closest friends. His
work in the arts related to health and development, on youth issues, and on
peace in Kenya and the world touched so many people, and made the planet a much
better and more hopeful place to live.

He will continue to be loved and cherished always, and his legacy will be alive
and well through eternity. He inspired all of us and left a lasting mark that
nothing can change or erase.

This is what I just posted to Facebook:

"I am beyond devastated...this is one of the saddest days of my life, and my
world will never be the same. Rest in peace, dear friend Dennis, and know that
you will be loved and cherished for all eternity. I have talked today to the
museum where my Haitian art collection is now based and they are doing an
exhibit on Kenya...we spoke before hearing this news, but they had already
agreed to do a tribute to Dennis and his work on the arts. So that is some
uplifting news, though I would rather have the beautiful soul himself here with
us for many years to come. He did make an enduring and lasting impact that will
always be alive and well, and that is a wonderful legacy to leave for all those
who grieve, and for a world that badly needed his love and care."

I hope we will all share our thoughts and feelings about Dennis here, and that
his family will be in our prayers. Any actions we can take to pay tribute to him
would be most welcome, including helping the family he leaves behind.

With love and greatest sorrow, Janet

I read today on Facebook that Dennis Kimambo, so wonderfully active in
our Pyramid of Peace, http://www.pyramidofpeace.net, and a creative
force in Kenya's community theatre, REPACTED, has been killed.  It is a
great loss.

This tragedy is greatly unexpected.  But I wish all of our participants
in Kenya to be alert to any signs for concern.  I know of intimidation
against former participants this year which seems related to the recent
elections and the victory of the current President Uhuru Kenyatta (a
Kikuyu) and Vice President William Ruto (a Kalenjin), who have been both
charged by the International Criminal Court.

It was clear to me then, as I wrote publicly then, and discussed with
Dennis and others as well, that the violence was not fueled only by
anger or revenge, but was being consciously instigated by political
thugs, both Kikuyu and Kalenjin, even in collaboration, as if they were
seeking a genocide that would alter Kenya in their favor.

I don't know of the situation in Kenya nowadays.  But please, if you
live in Kenya, be mindful and stay in touch with those you knew then,
and us, too.

I was always so grateful to God that we all survived that time of great
violence even as we risked our lives and those of our friends.  It was
important that we worked publicly and with open hearts.  I encourage us
to continue in that way, taking many small risks, so we can help each
other, rather than large risks.

It is mean that Dennis has been killed.

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
ms@...
http://www.selflearners.net
Chicago, Illinois, USA
+1 (773) 306-3807

I wrote on Facebook:

I am sad to learn that Dennis was killed, if I understand correctly. We
never met in person, but we worked together as two of the leaders of the
Pyramid of Peace to avert genocide in Kenya after the 2008 elections.
You can read our interactions online at http://www.pyramidofpeace.net He
was truly a great man, in character, deeds, creativity and love for all
people. I don't know any details of his death, and it may simply be a
crime, but he is a person who was central in appreciating in 2008 that
there were people, I think both Kikuyu and Kalenjin, instigating
genocide, (much as in Rwanda), and his bold, creative, loving leadership
was a key to their failure. He is a key person whose death could have
been politically motivated, for example, to keep him from testifying at
an international tribunal. I don't know the situation in Kenya since
then, and I hoped it was better, but I say this to inform those who
might not know. In any event, his loss is great for himself and his
family, but also for Kenya and the world.

Janet,
I am shocked n devastated n am lost 4 words! Dennis is dead? God rest his soul
in peace! I mayb able 2 write smthing tomorrow.
Sent from my BlackBerry®

Janet,

I look forward to a tribute of Dennis's artistic activities.  I don't
know much about that, but he and his friends at REPACTED community
theatre inspired me. I've been taking lessons in improvisational acting
at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, and I'm hoping to develop "community
theatre" here in the Black-American Englewood neighborhood of Chicago,
where I'm spending summers, and in the village of Eiciunai in Lithuania,
where I'll be in the winters.

I'm wondering what we could do in the long run to care for his children,
one young daughter and one child yet unborn.  I hope to stay in touch
with his family and friends.

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
ms@...
http://www.selflearners.net

2013.04.30 12:52, Janet Feldman rašė:
> Dearest Friends,
>
> It has been some time since I have truly been "acting alive" here, and I have
been meaning to post an explanation. I have been thinking about the way forward,
at a time for me when my own life has fallen apart and I have been trying to
rebuild it. I will follow up on that at another time, but for now wanted to
share some terribly devastating news I have just received today.
>
> Our cherished friend of the arts and of peace in Kenya, Dennis Kimambo, has
passed away. He has been missing for some days, and it has just been confirmed
that he is dead. In fact, there was a crime scene, so there has been some
heinous act committed by someone else, though the motive remains unclear at this
point, at least to me. Dennis survived the upheavals and almost civil-warlike
conditions of the Kenyan elections of 2007-2008....it would be such an
unthinkable blow to know he did not survive the generally peaceful elections of
2013, due to his work for peace.
>
> I meant Dennis only once, when he came to visit the USA, but we kept in
regular touch via email and phone, and I consider him one of my closest friends.
His work in the arts related to health and development, on youth issues, and on
peace in Kenya and the world touched so many people, and made the planet a much
better and more hopeful place to live.
>
> He will continue to be loved and cherished always, and his legacy will be
alive and well through eternity. He inspired all of us and left a lasting mark
that nothing can change or erase.
>
> This is what I just posted to Facebook:
>
> "I am beyond devastated...this is one of the saddest days of my life, and my
world will never be the same. Rest in peace, dear friend Dennis, and know that
you will be loved and cherished for all eternity. I have talked today to the
museum where my Haitian art collection is now based and they are doing an
exhibit on Kenya...we spoke before hearing this news, but they had already
agreed to do a tribute to Dennis and his work on the arts. So that is some
uplifting news, though I would rather have the beautiful soul himself here with
us for many years to come. He did make an enduring and lasting impact that will
always be alive and well, and that is a wonderful legacy to leave for all those
who grieve, and for a world that badly needed his love and care."
>
> I hope we will all share our thoughts and feelings about Dennis here, and that
his family will be in our prayers. Any actions we can take to pay tribute to him
would be most welcome, including helping the family he leaves behind.
>
> With love and greatest sorrow, Janet
>
>
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-----Forwarded Message-----
From: kayiwa fred
Sent: May 1, 2013 4:39 PM
To: "actalive@yahoogroups.com"
Cc: "learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com"
Subject: [learningfromeachother] Re: Dennis Kimambo Has Passed Away/RIP Beloved Friend

I write with tears in my eyes,

its so sad to read about that Denis Kimambo is Death

I met with him in kenya, i met faith his wife in Uganda, my his soul rest in peace

he has been so inspiring to the youths with the several projects he has done.

Fred Kayiwa

Uganda

Dear Friends,

I am sending a tribute I wrote to and for Dennis, published this morning by Rising Voices.

http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2013/05/03/remembering-dennis-kimambo/

Below is info about fundraising and his funeral. I am trying to get more info on exactly how and who to send funds to...his brother can be reached at the number below, and his wife, Faith Muriuki, can be reached here: https://www.facebook.com/kimambo?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/njokimuriuki?fref=ts. I will get the time of the funeral next week too.

"Kindly be informed that there will be a fundraising on Sunday at 3.00 p.m at his parents' place, in the medical quarters behind KMTC, all are welcomed and for those who will not make it to the fundraising, you can send your financial support to his brother Silas 0729566677. Thank you for your support."

Dennis Kimambo will be laid to rest next week 7th may Tuesday at Nakuru North Cemetery.

Greatest thanks to all who have posted with sympathies and caring, and I will hope to respond to each of you soon.

With love and appreciation, Janet